The ADATS/DDS Extension Programmes, which were started in mid 1988, are now
2 years old. ICCO started to support the Coolie Sangha formation activities
from April 1989.

Today, these 3 areas cover 43 % of the total population of 160 villages
where 3,273 landless and land poor Coolie families have formed CSUs. 62 % of
them belong to the scheduled castes, 17 % to intermediary castes, and 21 % to
the upper castes. 14 % of these memberships are in the names of Coolie
women.

Not all the 3 extensions have reached the same stage of development, but
every effort is being made to achieve as uniform a standard as possible by the
end of March 1992.